Demand for crochet anime patterns is rising, and as a lover of anime myself, I made a Crochet No Face Pattern from the movie Spirited Away! Just make sure not to accept any gold from him.
Studio Ghibli films are my favorite things to watch whenever I have free time. They never get old, and each has great stories and art, all made by the great Hayao Miyazaki. My husband and I have loved them since we were both children, and now our child loves them too!
Studio Ghibli has many iconic characters; one of my favorites is No Face from Spirited Away. He’s just this misunderstood spirit who, in the end, is actually a pretty decent guy.
I love this character so much that I decided to crochet him into a cute chibi No Face plush. Instead of gatekeeping the pattern, I decided to give it away for free! Now you can crochet your own No Face anime character too!
Jump to:
✏️ Things to Note:
- Yarn Choice: I made the crochet No Face plush with acrylic yarn, but any type of yarn will work. Cotton, acrylic, and chunky yarn are highly recommended. If you choose chunky yarn, your plush will be quite large.
- Size Information: The finished size of the No Face plush is about 7 inches tall using a 5mm hook.
- Tight Stitches: If your stitches aren’t tight, consider crocheting under the yarn instead of over it, or switch to a smaller hook size. Crocheting with black can be tricky, especially for stuffed projects, so aim to keep the pattern tight to prevent the stuffing from showing through.
🪡 Materials Needed
- 1 skein of black yarn
- A small ball of white yarn
- A small ball of purple yarn
- A small ball of yellow yarn
- Safety Eyes
- H hook (5mm)
- Tapestry needle for weaving in the ends and sewing pieces together
- Polyfill
💭 Abbreviations to Remember (US Terms)
- Magic ring (MR)
- Single crochet (sc)
- Increase (inc) - 2 stitches in the same stitch
- Chains (ch)
- Decrease (dec) - 1 stitch in 2 stitches
- Double Crochet (dc) - used for purple triangles
🧋 Variations
Try using chunky yarn for a super large crochet No Face plush! You can also make little arms to hold the gold coins if you want.
🍵 Instructions for Crochet No Face Pattern
For the crochet no face pattern, we will mostly be working in rounds.
No Face Body:
Round 1: Using black yarn, make a MR and make sc x6 in the circle. If you find it difficult making a magic ring you can chain 2 and then crochet sc x6 in the second chain from the hook. (6)
Round 2: Inc in every sc. (12)
Round 3: Inc, then sc. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (18)
Round 4: Inc, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(24)
Round 5: Inc, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(30)
Round 6: Inc, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(36)
Round 7: Inc, then sc x5. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(42)
Round 8: Inc, then sc x6. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (48)
Round 9: Inc, then sc x7. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(54)
Round 10: Inc, then sc x8. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (60)
Round 11: Sc in every stitch (60)
Round 12: Inc, then sc x19. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (63)
Round 13: Sc in every stitch (63)
Round 14: Inc, then sc x20. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(66)
Round 15 -34: Sc in every stitch (66)
Round 35: Dec, then sc x9. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (60)
Round 36: Dec, then sc x8. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(54)
Round 37: Dec, then sc x7. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (48)
Round 38: Dec, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(40) [START TO STUFF THE BODY]
Round 39: Dec, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (32)
Round 40: Dec, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(24)
Round 41: Dec, then sc. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(16)
Round 42: Dec, then repeat for the entire round (8)
Slip stitch, fasten off and sew shut.
Crochet White Face:
Row 1: Using white yarn ch x15 + 1 turning ch. Turn
Row 2: In the second ch from hook, make a sc. Sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (15) Ch 1, turn
Row 3: Skip the ch, and in the sc make an inc. Sc x13, inc. (17) Ch 1, turn.
Row 4: Skip the ch, make a sc. Sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (17) Ch 1, turn
Row 5: Skip the ch, dec to combine the next 2 sc, sc x13, dec. (15) Ch 1, turn
Row 6-7: Skip the ch, sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (15) Ch 1, turn.
Row 8: Skip the ch, dec to combine the next 2 sc, sc x11, dec. (13) Ch 1, turn
Row 9: Skip the ch, sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (13) Ch 1, turn.
Row 10: Skip the ch, dec to combine the next 2 sc, dec, sc x5, dec, dec. (9) Ch 1, turn
Crochet around the edges, 10 on the sides, 15 on the bottom, and then 9 on the top.
Fasten off, leave tail for sewing.
Purple Triangles:
Purple triangles x4:
Row 1: Using light or medium purple, ch x3, turn
Row 2: In the second ch from hook make a sc, then in the last ch make a dc. Slip stitch, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
Place safety eyes into the white face.
Sew on the purple triangles.
Embroider a mouth with tapestry needle and some black yarn.
Once the eyes, triangles, and mouth are sewn on, sew the white face onto the upper half of the black body. We want a few inches at the bottom of the body to place the gold coins we will be making.
Gold Coins:
Gold Coins x3:
Round 1: Ch x4. Turn
Round 2: In Second ch from hook make a sc, make 2 more sc in the remaining 2 chains (3). Turn so the unworked ch side is positioned to be worked in.
Round 3: Sc x3, slip stitch, fasten off for sewing.
Sew on gold coins.
Once you finish sewing on the face and coins, your crochet No Face from Studio Ghibli is complete!
I hope you enjoyed my crochet no face pattern!
If you want to make more nerdy themed projects, check out my crochet potion bottle pattern and my crochet gameboy bag.
🐌Expert Tips
- Choose the Right Yarn: Select yarn based on the desired texture and weight. Experiment with blends for unique results.
- Practice Color Changes: When working with multiple colors, practice changing yarns smoothly to avoid uneven tension.
- Use a Stitch Marker: Mark the beginning of each round to keep track of your progress and maintain a clean, finished look.
- Keep Your Tools Handy: Have scissors and a tapestry needle ready for easy access during the project.
🧵 Pattern FAQs
What looks like his face is actually a mask. He does have a mouth though where he gobbles up everything in sight.
You can if you'd like!
Absolutely! The triangles can be a little fiddly to sew on since they are small, so if you prefer to embroider or use felt triangles, go right ahead!
🧶More Great Patterns
If you tried this Crochet No Face Pattern (or any other pattern on my website), please let me know how it went in the 📝 comments below. I'd love to hear from you!
Crochet No Face Pattern
Materials
- 1 skein of black yarn
- A small ball of white yarn
- A small ball of purple yarn
- A small ball of yellow yarn
- Safety eyes
- 5mm crochet hook
- Tapestry needle
- Polyfill
Abbreviations (US terms)
- mr = Magic ring
- sc = Single crochet
- inc = Increase
- dec = Decrease (1 stitch in 2 stitches)
- dc = Double Crochet (used for purple triangles)
Notes
Instructions
- For the crochet no face pattern we will mostly be working in rounds.
No Face Body:
- Round 1: Using black yarn, make a MR and make sc x6 in the circle. If you find it difficult making a magic ring you can chain 2 and then crochet sc x6 in the second chain from the hook. (6)
- Round 2: Inc in every sc. (12)
- Round 3: Inc, then sc. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (18)
- Round 4: Inc, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(24)
- Round 5: Inc, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(30)
- Round 6: Inc, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(36)
- Round 7: Inc, then sc x5. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(42)
- Round 8: Inc, then sc x6. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (48)
- Round 9: Inc, then sc x7. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(54)
- Round 10: Inc, then sc x8. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (60)
- Round 11: Sc in every stitch (60)
- Round 12: Inc, then sc x19. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (63)
- Round 13: Sc in every stitch (63)
- Round 14: Inc, then sc x20. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(66)
- Round 15 -34: Sc in every stitch (66)
- Round 35: Dec, then sc x9. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (60)
- Round 36: Dec, then sc x8. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(54)
- Round 37: Dec, then sc x7. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (48)
- Round 38: Dec, then sc x4. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(40) [START TO STUFF THE BODY]
- Round 39: Dec, then sc x3. Then repeat for the rest of the round. (32)
- Round 40: Dec, then sc x2. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(24)
- Round 41: Dec, then sc. Then repeat for the rest of the round.(16)
- Round 42: Dec, then repeat for the entire round (8)
- Slip stitch, fasten off and sew shut.
Crochet White Face:
- Row 1: Using white yarn ch x15 + 1 turning ch. Turn
- Row 2: In the second ch from hook, make a sc. Sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (15) Ch 1, turn
- Row 3: Skip the ch, and in the sc make an inc. Sc x13, inc. (17) Ch 1, turn.
- Row 4: Skip the ch, make a sc. Sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (17) Ch 1, turn
- Row 5: Skip the ch, dec to combine the next 2 sc, sc x13, dec. (15) Ch 1, turn
- Row 6-7: Skip the ch, sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (15) Ch 1, turn.
- Row 8: Skip the ch, dec to combine the next 2 sc, sc x11, dec. (13) Ch 1, turn
- Row 9: Skip the ch, sc in every stitch for the rest of the round. (13) Ch 1, turn.
- Row 10: Skip the ch, dec to combine the next 2 sc, dec, sc x5, dec, dec. (9) Ch 1, turn
- Crochet around the edges, 10 on the sides, 15 on the bottom, and then 9 on the top.
- Fasten off, leave tail for sewing.
Purple Triangles x4:
- Row 1: Using light or medium purple, ch x3, turn
- Row 2: In the second ch from hook make a sc, then in the last ch make a dc. Slip stitch, fasten off and leave a tail for sewing.
- Place safety eyes into the white face.
- Sew on the purple triangles.
- Embroider a mouth with tapestry needle and some black yarn.
- Once the eyes, triangles, and mouth are sewn on, sew the white face onto the upper half of the black body. We want a few inches at the bottom of the body to place the gold coins we will be making.
Gold Coins x3:
- Round 1: Ch x4. Turn
- Round 2: In Second ch from hook make a sc, make 2 more sc in the remaining 2 chains (3). Turn so the unworked ch side is positioned to be worked in.
- Round 3: Sc x3, slip stitch, fasten off for sewing.
- Sew on gold coins.
- Once you finish sewing on the face and coins, your crochet No Face from Studio Ghibli is complete!I hope you enjoyed my crochet no face pattern!
Leave a Reply